Baguia Administrative Post
Baguia | |
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Landscape in Matebian | |
Official map | |
| Coordinates: 8°38′S 126°40′E / 8.633°S 126.667°E | |
| Country | East Timor |
| Municipality | Baucau |
| Seat | Alawa Leten |
| Sucos |
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| Area | |
• Total | 212.2 km2 (81.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2015 census) | |
• Total | 12,962 |
| • Density | 61/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Households (2015 census) | |
| • Total | 2,642 |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (TLT) |
Baguia, officially Baguia Administrative Post (Portuguese: Posto Administrativo de Baguia, Tetum: Postu administrativu Bagia), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in Baucau municipality, East Timor. Its seat or administrative centre is Alawa Leten, and it has ten sucos.
Taur Matan Ruak, president of East Timor between 2012 and 2017, was born in Suco Osso Huna, Baguia Administrative Post, in 1956.